Wire tie.



C. W- DAHLMAN.

WIRE TIE.

APPucATmN FILED APR. 12. \916.

Patented Aug. 7, 1917.

WlTN ESSES CHARLES W. DAHLMAN, OF CASTLEROCK, WASHINGTON.

WIRE TIE.

Application filed April 12, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. DAHL- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Castlerock, in the county of Cowlitz and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in wire ties, and has for its primary object the provision of a device of this character which will be of extremely simple construction, composed of the minimum number of parts and which, may be applied to a package, empty bags or the like.

The invention has for another object the provision of a wire tie of the above stated character which will be of such construction as to bind securely the opposite ends of the package and retain the separate bags in a flattened condition.

The invention has for a further object the provision of a wire tie of this character which will be composed of the minimum number of parts of simple and cheap construction and which will meet the requirements of the railroad ofiicials in regard to the shipment of empty sacks and the like.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth in the specification, pointed out in the claim, and shown in the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in use;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 '7, 1917.

Serial No. 90,710.

also bent at one end to form the end loops 4, the ends of the members 1 being twisted around the top portion of the same, as shown at 5.

The longitudinal binding member 3 is also bent at one end to form the end loops 6 and then coiled around the body of the member, as shown at 7 The longitudinal member 3 is threaded through the loops 2 with the transverse binding members 1 in spaced and parallel relation as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The bundle of flattened bags or other articles may then be placed in proper position upon the binding members 1 and 3 and the opposite ends of the transverse binding members 1 bent over and pressed downwardly upon the bags or other articles. The straight ends of the binding members 1 are then passed through the loops 4 and tightened and finally wrapped around the body portions of the binding members 1 as clearly shown at 8 in Fig. 1. The opposite ends of the longitudinal binding members 3 are then bent over the ends of the bags or other articles to be formed into a package, the straight end of the binding member 3 threaded through the loop 6, drawn back to tighten the binding member 3 upon the package and then wrapped around the body portion of the binding member 3 as indicated at 9 in Fig. 3. The package is then completed and may be shipped without danger of articles being lost.

While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages of the same.

What is claimed is:

In a package tie, parallel strands each having one extremity twisted upon itself to provide a loop, the strands being twisted intermediate their ends to provide laterally extending loops which are adapted to lie against the package to be tied, the opposite extremities of these strands being adapted to be passed around the package and ento be passed around the package and engaged with said loop. W

gaged with the first named loops, and a In testimony whereof I aflix my signature third strand loosely extending through the in presence of two witnesses.

5 laterally extending loops and capable of CHARLES W. DAHLMAN.

longitudinal movement therein, and hav- Witnesses: 7 ing a loop formed upon one of its extrem- OTTO WEHTJI, ities and its other extremity being adapted J. A. DEAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

